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You can't see nanoplastics with the naked eye, but they're everywhere - including your body.

Researchers from USC and Duke report that the persistent "know-do gap" - where clinicians know guidelines but practice differently - is the primary driver of antibiotic overprescribing for pediatric diarrhea in India's private sector, not lack of knowledge, point-of-sale profits, or stockouts of clinically recommended treatments such as oral rehydration salts (ORS).

Expanding access to lifestyle medicine education opportunities-such as continuing medical education (CME) courses, professional certification, webinars, mentoring and peer-to-peer connections, and conference participation-can facilitate the adoption of the medical specialty across health systems, according to a new study published in Translational Behavioral Medicine.

How we focus our attention before we even see an object matters. For example, when we look for something moving in the sky, our expectation would be very different if the object is a bird flying past or a baseball coming straight at us.

About five percent of lung adenocarcinomas, one of the most common forms of lung cancer, are driven by a faulty fusion of two genes, EML4 and ALK.

Shima Mohebbi, Assistant Professor, Systems Engineering and Operations Research (SEOR), College of Engineering and Computing (CEC), and Michael Hieb, Research Associate Professor, C5I Center, CEC, received funding for: "Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) Drone as a First Responder Feasibility Study project."

Backed by the combined expertise of three USC schools, scientists are developing a new drug aimed at a previously unexplored biological target in Alzheimer's disease, aided by an $8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Over 300,000 Canadians live with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's and ulcerative colitis.

One day, bottles of probiotics might do more than keep you regular -- they could help prevent disease. To get there, a $2 million grant to UC Riverside will explore how gut bacteria shape human health.

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, will co-lead a newly funded, multi-institutional clinical trial to evaluate whether artificial intelligence (AI) can help support radiologists in interpreting mammograms more accurately, with the goal of improving breast cancer screening and reducing unnecessary callbacks and anxiety for patients.

Drinking any amount of alcohol likely increases the risk of dementia, suggests the largest combined observational and genetic study to date, published online in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine.

There's been a significant rise in the use of low and alcohol-free drinks to curb alcohol intake among 'risky drinkers' over the past 5 years in England, Wales, and Scotland, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Public Health.

Frequent exercise doesn't just strengthen the heart – it also changes the nerves that control it, according to new research which could guide more targeted and effective care for common heart problems.

How fat is distributed in people's bodies could make a difference to their risk of certain cancers, according to new research led by the University of Bristol. The international study is published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) today [24 September].

In this study, researchers developed, implemented and measured a claims-based, practice-level performance measure to calculate, track and influence antibiotic prescribing variation across Arkansas Medicaid's patient-centered medical home (PCMH) program.

During lactation, the mammary gland undergoes significant structural and functional changes to produce milk, which is essential for neonatal nutrition and early immune development.

For decades, it was thought that while the brain orchestrated male sexual behaviour – arousal, courtship, and copulation – the spinal cord merely executed the final act: ejaculation.

Air pollution may be harming children's eyesight with cleaner air helping to protect and even improve their vision - especially in younger children, a new study reveals.

A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 8 of Aging-US on August 7, 2025, titled "Senescent cell heterogeneity and responses to senolytic treatment are related to cell cycle status during senescence induction."

When a pregnant woman's water breaks too early, it often leads to preterm birth, with no effective method to prevent or treat it.